Bluedrop Performance Learning

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Bluedrop Performance Learning
TypePrivate (since 2021)
Public (prior to 2021)
IndustryE-learning
FounderEmad Rizkalla
Headquarters18 Prescott Street
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
A1C 3S4
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
130 [1]
Subsidiaries Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc.
Bluedrop Learning Networks Inc.
Website www.bluedrop.com

Bluedrop Performance Learning is an e-learning company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The company, founded in 1992 by President and CEO Emad Rizkalla, provides custom courseware and learning solutions[ buzzword ] for defence and aerospace, healthcare, small businesses and governments. Bluedrop Performance Learning has offices in Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa, and Vancouver. [2] The company currently employs more than 100 people and has developed e-learning courseware and learning tools for clients such as Dell Inc., Sony, Prentice Hall Inc., Pfizer, ExxonMobil and McGraw-Hill. [3]

Bluedrop has two business units; The Defence and Aerospace (DA) Unit and the CoursePark Learning Services (CLS) Unit. Its DA unit produces mission training solutions[ clarification needed ] for international military and commercial aviation clientele. Work in this unit has seen Bluedrop listed in Canada's 2011 Top 50 Defence Companies. [4] Bluedrop's CLS is the developer of an online e-learning platform. [5]

On January 26, 2012, the company completed a reverse takeover transaction with Serebra Learning Corporation. [6] Completion of this transaction makes Bluedrop Canada's largest full service eLearning company. [7]

The company was purchased by Rizbollo Holdings Limited and Name 3 Capital Inc. in April 2021 with its stock being delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange. [8]

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